Retail Watchers

Fresno’s Costco store located at West Shaw Avenue since 1985 will be replaced by a 219,000-square-foot warehouse in another part of the city by 2025. It will have 32 gas pumps, a car wash, and a food delivery service. Originally the new store was to be the largest in the world at 240,000 square feet...

A new Grocery Outlet just opened in Dublin, California which is Northern California. It is owned a an Indian brother and sister. The store plays Indian music and has a large Asian section. It was very Asian oriented. There is a 99 Ranch across the street, but this Grocery Outlet seems to be busy.

Safeway in Northern California luckily is still open until Midnight. Some are open until 2 AM. A small number are open 24 hours. Lucky is mostly open until 11 PM except for the Lucky stores in really bad areas such as Oakland. Those close at 10 PM, but are very rare. Sprouts is open until 10 PM. Gro...

The Hayward Lucky is a Jewel decor store. There is probably no other store in the state left with this decor.

The Rooty Tooty Fresh and Fruity breakfast has been brought back at IHOP many times over the years, but the chips were bizarre. It had a sweet fruit taste with a bacon finish. I tried the strawberry covered pancakes at IHOP, and it was truly disgusting. They were frozen strawberries that were thawed...

IHOP is serving the exclusive Pepsi Maple soda at their restaurants. I don't think I have ever heard of IHOP getting an exclusive soda flavor.

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Lots of restaurants are doing food deals on 4/20 this year again.

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The state of New York has taken steps to crack down on retail theft. One point is to be able to combine the value of goods stolen at different stores and prosecute under the higher amount for a stiffer penalty. Another point is to go after third party sellers who use a website or physical location t...

There was a perfectly preserved Payless Interior in Walnut Creek, California up until it closed a few years ago. I always wondered why Rite Aid closed that store as it did pretty good business. A new CVS opened up across the street, but they both could still have coexistence as they are both in fron...

There are several 99 Cent Only stores in Northern California with vacant spaces next to them. Several closed Rite Aid stores are next to vacant stores. Aldi could expand these stores to reach a perfect Aldi size. The Rite Aid in San Ramon could expand into the former Big 5 next door. Big 5 never reo...